TCWD Podcast: Alex Garland's Gettysburg, Wow

America fantasizes about Civil War 2.0

Alex Garland’s Civil War is a hit, despite the round of ridicule it took when the map showing an alliance between Texas and California was revealed. And despite the AI-generated film posters that don’t understand how the Marina Towers are situated on the river. Starring post-Escobar weight loss Wagner Moura and Kirsten Dunst, it seems as if it were made especially blank from any ideas or ideology to better serve the anxious projections of New York Times op-ed writers. Jessa and Nico — who was raised in a country during its civil war — examine the success and failings of the film.

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